Tribe, UI focus on 'journey of that fish'
A truck load of biochar is delivered to the Schitsu’umsch (Coeur d’Alene) Tribal farm. Biochar will be used to improve water retention surrounding Hangman Creek through its participation in the University of Idaho-led Innovative Agricultural and Marketing Partnership for Idaho (IAMP).
Photo Courtesy of Coeur d'Alene Tribe
University of Idaho researchers are helping the Coeur d’Alene (Schitsu’umsch) Tribe create a blueprint for restoring a culturally important former salmon and steelhead fishery that’s become channelized, sediment-filled and warm.
Hangman Creek was once the only place within Schitsu’umsh Reservation boundaries where tribal members could catch anadromous fish, which migrate up rivers from the ocean to spawn. According to an account from 1873, Hangman used to be so loaded with Chinook salmon and redband steelhead that they blocked the view of the streambed.
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